China Tweets #13 - Party Congress takes edition
Xi Jinping's political report to the 20th Party Congress
— China Neican ๅ ๅ (@china_neican) October 17, 2022
For those looking for some weekend reading, here are the full, text-searchable Chinese (72-page) and English (63-page) versions of Xi Jinping's 20th Party Congress report:
— ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ง (@NPC_Observer) October 16, 2022
Chinese: https://t.co/EZWNWlgcxh
English: https://t.co/kECC5OJZaP
Here's a thread on what the report says on the environment and energy:
Xi Jinping's lines on environment & energy in the once-in-five-years report to the Communist Party Congress. Mostly affirming earlier lines but "speed up the planning and construction of a new type of energy system" is a new phrase and a good signal. pic.twitter.com/3W6NAeBPfG
— Lauri Myllyvirta (@laurimyllyvirta) October 16, 2022
More on China's green transition:
Full text: https://t.co/zIBoJnGgIv
— Tom Baxter ็ฝ็ฟ (@TomBaxter17) October 16, 2022
Here is the section on the military (untranslated):
For those interested, here is the section on the military from the full 20th Party Congress Work Report.
— Brian Hart (@BrianTHart) October 16, 2022
Notably (but unsurprisingly) the section title now includes the 2027 military modernization goal (ๅฎ็ฐๅปบๅไธ็พๅนดๅฅๆ็ฎๆ ) that first emerged at the 5th Plenum in Oct. 2020. pic.twitter.com/inPiqXTSPT
Joseph Torigian's takes on the report:
A thread of reactions to Xi's speech.
— Joseph Torigian (@JosephTorigian) October 16, 2022
The work report was unambiguously about continuity. I think Iโve read almost everything he said here somewhere else. Although historic, this Congress will almost certainly not signify fundamental new policy directions.
Xinhua's Zichen Wang's takes on the report:
A thread of quick thoughts on the report at the 20th Communist Party of China Congress:
— Zichen Wang (@ZichenWanghere) October 16, 2022
The Belt and Road Initiative was situated in the section on New Development Paradigm & High-Quality Development, alongside economics-oriented statements, despite there being a section pic.twitter.com/6SQZ5p6crA